Zhu Cihong himself had considered Sichuan.

If Sichuan can be occupied, one can consolidate itself, and the other has sufficient strategic resource reserves. Whether it is grain and grass, salt, wood, coal and iron...... Sichuan is able to support itself and wait for opportunities in this troubled world. In his memory, Li Dingguo in the original time and space could support the Yongli regime for more than ten years in Yunnan, Guizhou and other poor mountains and bad waters, and if he occupied Sichuan, ten years of safe operation would definitely be possible.

Ten years later, there are enough people, and it is just time to go out to unify the world and sweep away the demonic atmosphere.

Just said this to Wu Fu, Zhu Cihong also began to worry that Sichuan would lose morale and become entangled with all parties. Although Sichuan has a loyal and brave general like Qin Liangyu, in the end, it is also an uneasy place where ethnic minorities live together and rebel several times.

"The minister thinks that the land of the four corners is certainly 'gold', but now the Ming Dynasty is very deep, and if you really want to heal, you can only warm up first, retreat and take the second, and gather lessons in the four sides." Wu Fu took a step back, suddenly fell to the ground, and gathered the scattered straw stalks.

Under the regulation of Wu Fu, the straw stalks were divided into routes representing the trend of mountains and rivers in an orderly manner. Wu Fu also picked up mud blocks, cloth heads, and even broken bones left by unknown ages from the surrounding ground, and placed them casually to make mountains and hills.

Zhu Cihong looked at the Huangming "map" presented on the ground, and Wu Fu's skillfulness, I really don't know how many times he has done it in this black prison.

"Your Highness is smiling, and when the sinner is bored, he will put this map to kill time." Wu Fu saw that Zhu Cihong's eyes were straight, he explained with a smile, and pointed casually: "This is Shanxi, as His Royal Highness said, after a long time, the food will be exhausted, and it will be a place of death." It is never advisable. He pointed to the Yangtze River area again: "Huguang is ripe, the world is full, but unfortunately now Huguang has fallen into the hands of thieves, if you want to compete with it, it is really no different from the tiger's mouth to grab food, even if you take it." It is also a situation of defeat and defeat. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, and said: "Needless to say, Hanzhong has entered Sichuan, and once the thief captures Guanzhong, Hanzhong will be a lonely place." Is Mr. Shandong? ”

"Admittedly." Wu Fu nodded and said: "Shandong connects Gyeonggi and Jiangnan, if you open the sea, you can get Jiangnan money and grain." By land, you can enter Jinan, Henan, and Xuzhou to compete for the world. Especially since the area is the land of saints. The folk customs are mellow, and the people's hearts are available. ”

"It's a pity that the land of Qilu is only hilly and mountainous in the south, the sea in the east, and the rest is the plain. I can go, and the enemy can come. Zhu Cihong was quite insecure about this area: "Back then, the Qi State surrendered without a fight, one was that the general trend of the world was difficult to violate, and the other was really lacking the danger of defending the Qin army that went south from the Yan State. ”

"What His Highness said is very true," Wu Fu said. "How else can you say it's 'silver-edged'? Furthermore, although there are few passes in the northeast of the mountain. However, the location of the Yellow River is advantageous, and if there is really a strong army stationed along the river, it will not be easily beaten down. At that time, Taizu took Shandong and opened the gateway to the capital; Chengzu took Shandong, and can leap into Jinling. Once the trend of the world falls into a situation of confrontation between the middle and the south, Shandong will be a place where the north and the south must fight. It is also a place where the north and the south can be levied. ”

Zhu Cihong looked at the simple map on the ground, but he was thinking about Wu Fu in his heart: I'm afraid that the mind and vision of this guilty assistant minister are even higher and deeper than he thought.

"I'm afraid it's hard to say about the situation between the North and the South." Zhu Cihong said softly: "What I'm worried about is that once Gyeonggi is lost, the thieves will first attack Shandong when they go south. I don't know if it's too late to run Shandong. ”

"Even if it's too late. You can also retreat layer by layer, take the land of Anhui and Huai, and try to conspire in the south of the Yangtze River. Wu Fu affirmed: "Moreover, the minister thinks that if the thieves go south, they will be defeated. ”

Zhu Cihong knew that Li Zicheng had no chance to go south at all.

After Chongzhen conquered Beijing in March of the seventeenth year, the most effective unit of the Ming Dynasty, the Guanning Iron Cavalry, was already on the way to aid the Beijing Division. Only by solving Wu Sangui first can Li Zicheng have time to consolidate the new dynasty. And Wu Sangui directly sacrificed Shanhaiguan and put him into the Dongyu army, Li Zicheng was defeated, where is there a chance to go south?

It is not Li Zicheng who should be guarded against, but the Manchurians from the East!

"I don't think the thieves will go south, but I still want to hear what the gentleman has to say." Zhu Cihong said slowly.

"Because the thieves have not established a grammar." Wu Fu squatted on the ground, raised his head and said: "The thieves seem to have been corrupting the world for more than ten years, but they were all 'rogues' before, and they robbed and left." It was not until last year that the thieves and thieves really established a grammar law, clearly defined respect and inferiority, unified orders, and sent officials to govern the people. If the grammar is not established, the foundation is not strong, and as long as there is a defeat, it will collapse. Therefore, the larger the territory occupied by the thieves, the faster it will collapse. ”

"Somewhat." Zhu Cihong nodded and admitted what Wu Zhizhi said.

Strategically speaking, Li Zicheng was indeed defeated because he did not establish a grammar. If he patiently manages the land of Shanxi and Shaanxi, uses the grain of Huguang to relieve him, and then fights Beijing after three or five years, even if he is defeated, he will be fundamentally concerned with China, and Huguang and Shanxi will be his wings, and he will never be defeated.

Thinking that after Li Zicheng's army was defeated by a stone, he was defeated like a mountain in a year, and finally died in Jiugong Mountain. And his remnants occupied the prefectures and counties in the Sichuan-Hubei border area, insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty for 21 years, and did not fall until the third year of Kangxi, the so-called Thirteen Families of Kuidong. This is whether Wu Fu's so-called fundamentals are solid. And to be solid and fundamental, look at grammar.

Grammar is a system of laws and regulations, which directly reflects the class position and the degree of civilization represented by a regime.

The grammar of the Ming Dynasty has been more than 270 years since Emperor Taizu Gao, taking the Tang and Song dynasties, compatible with the Mengyuan and Yuan dynasties.

After Li Chuang occupied Xiangyang, he established the grammar and implemented the six-government/government system, although he changed his name and surname, it was still the same as the Ming Dynasty. Because there is no real experience in governance, grammar is even more thin and crude. In addition, the fundamental soul of the camp is only Li Zicheng, and even this crude grammar is often replaced by Li Zicheng's words.

As for Zhang Xianzhong, it was a direct plagiarism of the Ming Dynasty, and it has not changed a word.

Zhu acknowledges the importance of grammar, but focuses more on the practical possibilities at hand. He pointed to a broken bone representing the Jingshi: "I said that the thief can't go south, because if he occupies the Jingshi, he will inevitably face a stab in the back - the Guanning Iron Cavalry." ”

"Your Highness hit the nail on the head, indeed." Wu Fu said: "There are already people in the DPRK who spread public opinion and want to ask Bixia to give up the land outside the Guan. Transferred Guan Ning Tie to ride into Guan Ping thief, but I don't know if it is a discussion now. ”

"I haven't heard of it yet." Zhu Cihong shook his head: "The matter is big, which pavilion assistant is willing to bear the crime of abandoning the land?" Although the imperial father is heroic, it is difficult to make such a decision. ”

Wu Fu nodded, and said, "The opportunity to run Shandong in this way has come." As long as Liaozhen guards the Shanhaiguan Pass, Yongping is the screen domain. You can hang the main force of the thief. ”

"If the thieves go north to attack Shanhaiguan?"

"This ...... Can Liaozhen fight better than the Qin soldiers, and can the thieves hit the stone with an egg? Wu Fu was surprised in his heart: Liaozhen is enough for Li Chuang to snicker if he doesn't go to Beijing Qinwang, where is the reason to send it to the door by himself? At that time, the geographical advantage is on the side of Liao Town, and Li Chuang's troop allocation will definitely not be as good as the Liao army, which holds millions of taels of Liao salary every year, how can he win?

"Because he's Li Zicheng." Zhu Cihong said casually.

History is full of serendipity and unknowability. Who knows what Li Zicheng thinks, and he actually took all the elite soldiers to find Wu Sangui for bad luck? Maybe it's just because I had a dream at night, or my head twitched, and there is no inevitability at all.

Wu Fu frowned and said, "If there are wise people in Li Chuang's camp. will never let him send troops to the mountains and forever when the hearts of the people are not solid. But...... If he really goes...... "The possibility that the prince said is equal to zero, and as a subordinate, he must also consider it." Wu Fu pondered for a long time before he said: "The minister really doesn't think he has the power to win. ”

- If Li Zicheng can't win, what if Wu Sangui Weishenme wants to surrender to the Manchus?

Zhu Cihong looked at the map and also fell into deep thought. He is not a highly talented student majoring in history, in fact, with the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties that he knows, he can only give guidance in a general direction and set a countdown alarm bell. For the subtle judgment of the human heart. If there is no current intelligence for decision-making on the general trend of the country. and he is like a blind man.

"If so," Zhu Cihong finally broke his silence, "what if Li Chuang goes and can win the Liao army?" ”

"If it is not three or five years to consolidate people's hearts, it is not enough to send troops to the mountains and eternity." Wu Fu thought for a moment. still insisted on his opinion: "Li Chuang is afraid that he will buy Liaozhen with heavy money and humble resignation, but he will not rashly send troops." If there is really something that cannot be investigated, let Li Chuangcheng enter the army in Shan and Yong as His Royal Highness said, and occupy the advantage, I am afraid that Liaozhen will lose its temperament. ”

Wu Fu thought about it again. seems to have found an explanation for himself: "Li Chuang's grammar is newly established, and he lacks the ministers who lead the land, and it is very likely that he will use the jurisdiction of Liao Town as a bait to trick Liao Town into dividing it in order to obey the new dynasty." Liaozhen Jiangmen has long regarded Liaotu as a private property, and it is likely to accept the seal and become a country of its own. ”

"If yes," Zhu Cihong seemed to get into the tip of the horns, "What if the Liaozhen army is defeated and the army of the Eastern Captives is led into the customs?" ”

"This ......" the corners of Wu Fu's mouth twitched slightly: "The minister can't know!" Did Your Highness get a secret report from Yousi? ”

Got a division? Do you mean the staff or the brocade guard? Does Da Ming still have this ability to detect the outer realm?

Zhu Cihong eased his breath, got up and squatted beside Wu Fu, picked up a wooden stick, and scratched it on the ground. He smiled and said, "You see, there are two directions when this one is upright. Li Chuang seeks to take Shanhaiguan, or not to seek Shanhaiguan. Whether? ”

Wu Fu nodded and did not speak.

Zhu Cihong saw the black shadow movements on the ground, and knew that Wu Fu was following his own train of thought, so he drew another branch: "If you seek to capture Shanhaiguan, it may be a conquest or a conquest, right?" ”

Wu Fu felt that something seemed wrong, but he still nodded slowly.

"There are successes or failures in the appeasement, and there are victories and defeats in the conquest, right?" Zhu Cihong drew a fork, and the ground had become a tree-like diagram.

"Your Highness is also concerned about such an almost impossible thing?" Wu Fu finally understood what Zhu Cihong meant, and asked in surprise.

"Everything is prepared, and there is no last resort." Zhu Cihong stood up, threw the wooden stick and clapped his hands: "When Qin Mugong destroyed the Slippery Kingdom, he thought that the Jin Kingdom would have a new funeral, and the Jin Kingdom would never send troops during the mourning period, but what was the result?" The result was a fiasco in Kunshan. Later, there was the Yue King Goujian to break Wu, the defeat of Zhao Changping, the banquet of Hongmen, the burning of Chibi, and the Xuanwu Gate...... It is precisely because of the word 'impossible' that the enemy is possible. ”

"Your Highness," Wu Fu frowned, "if you are obsessed with such a trivial opportunity, how can you act?" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled: "Do things as usual, but these possibilities must be thought of." Even if you have a thought in your head, you won't be at a loss when the time comes. Just as the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are thinking about breaking through, you and I are alone in this black prison and look at the world. The future is in your chest. Isn't it a success? ”

"Your Highness said this, it really made the ministers suddenly." Wu Fu stretched his eyebrows: "Since His Royal Highness has become a successful person, if the criminal minister no longer knows what is good or bad, won't he laugh for future generations?" The minister is willing to go out with His Royal Highness, first level the Guanzhong and Jinzhong, and take the elite soldiers. Screw into Luzhong, set the foundation of Zhongxing! ”

Zhu Cihong patted Wu Fu's arm lightly and said with a smile: "In the future, there will be no Mr. figure in the temple of meritorious heroes!" ”

Wu Fu actually showed a trace of shyness, bowed down and bowed: "The minister is not a talent in the world, but I am willing to follow His Royal Highness and talk about the ability of the horseman." ”

Zhu Cihong knew that this kind of traditional scholar valued loyalty and promise, as long as he made them feel that he was an object of loyalty, there was absolutely no possibility of betrayal. He pulled Wu Fu and walked out of the prison, and said, "Sir's strategy is excellent. But there is one thing that I underestimate and am alone. ”

"The minister's capital crime, please make it clear to His Highness." Wu Fu was not frightened, more like a joke between friends.

"I went to Guanzhong and Jinzhong, not to get troops." Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Tomorrow, please ask Mr. to go to the school to see my East Palace guard camp to find out a thing or two." ”

"It's as good as it gets." Wu Fu heard that the prince had soldiers under him, and he reluctantly put down a stone in his heart. However, it is a grace of heaven for a precocious person like the prince to be able to understand current affairs, so is there still the art of military training? Time. Wu Fu himself didn't know whether to look forward to more or worry more.

……

Jinling. Qin Huai, Mei Xiang Lou.

"Chaozong, this time you enter Beijing, you have to take care of your life." In front of the small window near the river, the girl with light makeup holds her lover, and she is in love. A pair of beautiful eyes are even more vast, faintly revealing the shape of a young man.

This son is a dynasty and is also a famous genius in Jinling City. He has a large name, named Hou Fangyu, and is the son of Hou Sui, the former Shangshu of the household department. He is also a disciple of today's Hubu Shangshu Ni Yuanlu. His father Hou Sui was imprisoned, and this noble son was also sad and bleak every day, and he could only be prescribed by his confidant in Meixianglou.

"You don't have to worry, I have already made up my mind to enter Beijing this time, and I vow to learn the secret brother to go to the blood and soothe the lawsuit!" Hou Fangyu said in a deep voice.

"Will you accept it today?" The girl's sorrow has not dissipated, adding to the sorrow.

"Brother Mei Village wrote to him that if he took the door of the East Palace, he might be able to succeed." Hou Fangyu sighed: "If you want to come to the East Palace to be the son of man with me, it is easier to be moved by filial piety." ”

"East Palace...... Does Brother Plum Village have a way? The girl asked.

"He is the son of Zuo, and he is walking in the East Palace." Hou Fangyu said: "What's more, isn't Brother Mi also the lecturer of the two kings of Yong and Ding?" After all, I can find the way. ”

The girl lowered her head and nodded, turned around and took out a boxwood makeup dress, and said softly: "There are fifty taels of silver here, as well as some of my jewelry and membership tickets, you can use them." ”

There are two generations of ministers in the Hou family, but Hou Sui has been in prison for seven years, and his family has declined. Hou Fangyu usually receives a lot of funding from the allies of the Restoration Society, and his own financial resources are really poor. He didn't shirk either, took the makeup, and said softly: "Xiangjun, when I rescue my father, I will come to you, and you and I will never be separated in the future." ”

"Don't forget today's words." Li Xiangjun met his lover's gaze, and his body fell softly in his arms.

Hou Fangyu hugged the red face in his arms, looked at the water on the river, and remembered that he was in the field, so far he was just a showman, how easy is it to enter Beijing to present the book to the East Palace? He selected some poems and articles in his mind that he did on weekdays, and suddenly thought of the two or three things about the prince mentioned in Wu Weiye's letter, among which there were words about emphasizing medical workers and ignoring Confucianism, and his heart was even more worried.

Li Xiangjun leaned on Hou Fangyu's arms, only to hear Hou Fangyu's heartbeat like a drum, but his breath was disordered, knowing that his lover was full of sorrow, and he wanted to comfort but didn't know how to speak. She broke free gently, turned around and walked to the piano platform, plucked the silk strings casually, and sang softly:

"The west wind is clear and far away, and the rivers and mountains are picturesque and hanging in the mirror.

I don't know where the smoke and waves are gone, and the sunrise is full of fishing boats. ”

This is the inscription poem that Hou Fangyu saw when he first entered Li Xiangjun's boudoir, his heart just moved, and he had a trace of clarity, but in the blink of an eye, he fell into a thick cloud of sorrow. (To be continued......)

PS: I didn't finish it yesterday, so I got up at six o'clock in the morning to finish this chapter. Everyone should know that this is a big chapter by looking at the word count, so ...... Hehe, everyone understands~~ I wish you all a happy weekend~~~